Method of making shears



Aug. Z, 1927. 1,637,572

A l w. A. lsBELL ET AL METHOD 0F MAKING SHEARS Filed April 5, 1926 f4 A ATTORNX; y I

Patented Aug. 2,y 1927,.

WILLARUAISBELL AND HENRY H. CANFIELD, or WooDBURY, coNNEoTicUT.

METHOD 'or Maxine sHEAns.

Appiicanon iiied'ii'prii 5, 1926. 1 seriai No. 99,771.

This invention relates to. shears andfscis sors, and more particularlysto improvements iii that type of shears in which the cutting members are reinforced by hardened steel sti-ips welded to the inner surfaces thereof.

One object ofthe invention is to provide shears of the above rnature in' which the hardened steel'strips have integral curved ysections extending beyond the pivot point for pressing together the cutting edges of the p shear members.

A Afurther object is to provide a ,device ofy this nature which will be Vsimple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture,easy lto in` kstall and manipulate, whichwill not require adjustment'(7 ornamental in appearance, and very efficient and durable in use. n With these and other objects iiiview, there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawings, one form in which the `invention may be conveniently embodied in use.

Fig. 1 represents a planview of a pair ofk shears constructed in accordance with the yinvention. y f

' Fig. 2 is a longitudinal'sectional view of the same, the rsection being ktaken along the line Q-Q of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. f

Fig. 3 is a side view of the shears in closed position.y y n' f Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar toFig. 2 of one shear member showing the weld-pre` venting strip yin position. f u

' In the manufacture of high grade shears., it has been customary to form the. cutting edges of hardened steel strips which were ywelded or otherwise secured tothe innerk surfaces of the shear members. Ordinarily the hardened strips extended onlyfrom the tip of the shear member kto the pivot point, and

able amount of wear occurred at the rubbing surfaces of the relatively ksoft metal behind the pivot pin, thereby ycausing said surfaces to wear away quite rapidly and the shears to become loose. n

It has also been customary in high grade shears to provide tensioning means for pressingsthe blades together at all times.

One ditiiculty of the former typesof tension shears lay in the fact that'the tension was variable and not uniform throughout the cutting stroke, causing the shears to be erky in operation. Moreover, inview of the complicated nature of former typesof tension shears, they Awere quite expensive tok manuit has been found in practice that aconsider-y facture. Again, the springs employed in lsuch shears were likely to rapidly wear olf at their rubbing surfaces causing the tension to be impaired, and requiring frequent adustmeiit.

yBy means of the present invention, the

'above and other disadvantages have been avoided, and a formof shears has been provided having ay minimum number of parts,

which will not loosen even after long con-V tinued wear, in which the spring tension will be runiform throughout the cutting stroke and with notfdiminish with use. This has been accomplished by extending the wearing strip ef hardened steel beyond the pivot and in be ding up the extending portionsof Lthe strip in such a manner that theyy will' press against each other resiliently and form springs for tensioning the shear members.

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the present invention comprises a pair of shear members y10 and 11, said members having sharp peints 12 and 13, and being connected together by a pair of telescoping headed pivot' embers 11i and'l. The pivot member 14 is preferably made of hardened metal and is provided with a tubular shank 16 for surf rounding a solid shank 17 of the pivot member 15, said `member 15 preferably being lmade of soft metal, said tubular shank 16 vided with the usual finger sections 2O and f 21, respectively.

In the yprocess of manufacturing one of the shear members 10 and 1l, the thin blade or strip 19 isitirst laid upon thesupporting back or bow 18. A short separating strip 18 preferably of mica or brown paper or other suitable non-metallic material is then inserted between the stripk 19 and the bow 18 at the section from the pivothole to the rear end. yThis separating strip is for the purpose of preventing the welding of the metal at this section when the shear meinber is later heated up and drop-forged.

The shear member is next heated to a welding temperature and drop-forged to unite the strip 19 to the bow 18 from the tip 12 to the pivot hole. The loose ends 22 of the strips 19 will neXt be bent inwardly into the shape of an are so'that they will press against each other resiliently and tension the shear membersv during t-he Cutting stroke. The shear member will then be properly heat-treated t0 enable the blade 19 to retain a durable cutting edge when it is sharpened. f I' Vhile there has been disclosed in this specification one form in whichvthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this ormis shown for the purposevot illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the speeiiio disclosure but inay be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifieations` and embodiments coming' within the scope of the tollowing claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. The process of making a shear membei` for a Jair of tension shears which coin n e n a prises placing a thin blade ot steel upon a supporting' shear bow, inserting a separating,l strip ot non-metallic material between the portion of said blade and bow eXtending from the pivot point to the inner end of said blade, heating said parts to a welding temperature and forcing said blade and bow ytogether under pressure.

WILLARD A. isBiiLL. HENRY H. GANFIELD. 

